Strasburg Mennonite Church

Photo’s of our Strasburg Mennonite Church program…this was a good program…and was nice to be near home.

Stasburg Mennonite Church

Jason's van is a bit more nimble than the bus for short trips.

A fun arrangement in the middle of the auditorium.

ROAD TRIP: Lamb Of God

This is a continuation of the Indian trip…

We went north to Lamb of God on Sunday Morning.  The children went to Sunday School while the guys set up and practiced a little.  Family friend, Justin Stoltzfus, dropped in for the program from over in Goshen. The church also fed us a wonderful lunch before we headed home.

Singing at Lamb Of God

Lamb Of God Church

The road home was uneventful.  Brian got to try out his “shroom burger” and put in his solid 45 minutes of driving.  We arrived home around midnight.  Thank God for safe travels and a good tour!

ROAD TRIP: Terry Myer’s House

This is a continuation of the Indiana trip…

We got to Terry Myers house around 3:00 and he fed us the biggest, baddest burgers (definitely hard to sing on).  It was nice to see their house almost finished and visit with our friends.  Terry had just been to our church last October for meetings and it was good to catch up with them again.

Terry Myers Family

Terry Myers' House

Terry and the GOP

Then it was on to the 3rd program of the tour, Cuba Mennonite Church, for a full auditorium and reconecting with old friends.

reconnecting with Tom Troyer--"icedteaforever" (from Accapella Harmony Quartet)

ROAD TRIP: Motel & Breakfast

We stayed in a motel Friday evening, and used this opportunity to take a few snapshots with Danny in the quartet.  OK,… so the guys got a little funny.  When we were out on the motel porch, we got visiting with some other people and sang a song for them.  They wanted to go in and get their elderly mother and have us sing to her too!  Then out for breakfast at Knepp’s Family Restaurant with Jason’s family and his father.  Jason Knepp’s sister runs the restaurant.  Great buffet!

Serenading other motel customers

Brian and his coffee

Hank Knepp, Rachel, Joanna, and Jason Knepp

ROAD TRIP: Pleasant View

This program was a kick-off for the school year for  Pleasant View Christian School in Montgomery, Indiana.  Jason, Joanna, and Rachel Knepp provided supper for us at the school and then the guys warmed up and worked on “Gloryland”, a new song they sang this weekend.  The children enjoyed this evening, since they played outside for some of the program and there was a concession stand run by the volleyball girls.

Pleasant View

On The Road To Indiana

On the road to Indiana,

We were on the road to Indiana (stopping first for a program in Ohio) at 4:00 am.  It was a good trip, no bus problems.  Denise stayed back since she’s expecting in two weeks, and Sheryl stayed back to take care of Andrea, recovering from a ruptured appendix.  Accompanying the quartet were Brian’s two older boys, Daryl’s family, and Caitlin, Jason’s oldest daughter.

We hit the top three this weekend: Burger King, McDonald’s, and Taco Bell.  All were great (a little slow)…

Thank you to the quartet from the Gipe family. A big thank you in return for the meals and home for the night.

Gipe family's dog, CJ with Chrissy

Jacob with a nebulizer for his wheezing

Great McDonalds' hashbrowns for breakfast served up with coffee and devotions

3 Burger Kings

ROAD TRIP: Greenville, OH

We arrived at David Gipe’s house for a meal before the program….

The David Gipe Family

…and visited with Shirley Bowman (wife of Dwaine, affectionately known as Big Bear), and Shirley’s daughter and son-in-law, Sheldon and Kim Lavy. It was nice to look through Shirley’s memory book of Dwaine and listen to some of his CDs he recorded singing with the Hobo’s!

Visiting with Shirley Bowman

After supper, we drove over to Lighthouse Christian Center where the guys had sung previously other years.  They had about 450 people in attendance from all different churches in the area.

Brian called up his two boys and had Bryce help with "Reason Enough"

We returned to David Gipe’s house for the night.  They put us all up for the night, and Kim provided a wonderful breakfast for us before sending us off onto Indiana.

Update on Andrea Fox

Andrea Fox

Andrea is recovering slowly and is hoping to be home soon.

Sheryl, Brian’s wife (Andrea’s mom) will be staying back to take care of Andrea and some of the other children.

Denise, Jason’s wife, will also be staying home since she is due with their little one this month.  But the rest of us are ready to load up and head out at 4:00 am Thursday morning.

Pray for travelling mercies!

Indiana Here We Come!

We’re all ready to head out on our Ohio/Indiana trip this weekend.  We are looking forward to being in the Dayton, OH area on Thursday evening, but wanted to mention that we’ll be missing a very important person–Big Bear.  Duane Bowman (affectionately known as Big Bear) was the one who would invite us to the area and welcome us whole-heartedly!  He would come up on stage, kick Jason out of the quartet, and join us for a few numbers.  Since last time we were there, Duane had a heart attack and went home to be with the Lord.  He will be missed!

Duane Bowman a.k.a. Big Bear on stage showing Jason how to sing bass...we will miss you!

Greenwood Mennonite Church

We stayed in the area for church the next morning at Greenwood Mennonite Church, Sam Yoder’s church.

Chrissy (Daryl's daughter), Brian & Cheryl...on the bus

Molly entertaining Brookline on the bus

We spent the night in one of the members’ houses (he was gone for the weekend, so he let us invade his house and cabin out back).  It provided wonderfully for all 3 families and Danny.

Greenwood Mennonite Church

The church people were friendly and welcoming.  We had a good service–with the congregational singing, Sunday school, and the quartet singing during the sermon slot of time.  They provided us with a scrumptious meal, and then we headed home.  It was about a 2 1/2-3 hour trip–not bad– so we arrived home early evening.

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